GRE Word List
CHAMPION
support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly (a principle, movement, person, etc.)
The meaning of the word champion is support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly (a principle, movement, person, etc.).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| garnish | decorate; add a garnish to; decorate (food or drink) with small items such as lemon slices; N. |
| preclude | make impossible; prevent; exclude; eliminate |
| larceny | theft; Ex. petit larceny |
| mange | skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair |
| chancellor | legal official of high rank; CF. chancellery(chancellory): position of a chancellor |
| pose | assume a particular posture; put forward; present; affect a particular attitude (to impress others); Ex. pose a threat; N. |
| whorl | ring of leaves around stem; ring; circular arrangement; Ex. whorls on the fingers |
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| carnivorous | meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore |
| forward | presumptuous or bold |
